199. Returning To China

Guan Kai called to say that he didn’t mean anything else. He just casually told Qi Le’an that although “Blue” had not been released yet, it was shortlisted for this year’s Golden Film Awards.

Qi Le’an’s eyes widened when he heard this!

“Of course, with my level, my movie will more or less win an award!” Guan Kai sounded like that he didn’t care, “Do you want to come back to attend the award ceremony? If you do, I will reserve tickets for you.”

Guan Kai’s words were really pretentious. Since the movie had been shortlisted, how could the two main actors not be there?

The award of Golden Film Awards happened to be in June. If Qi Le’an could quicken his step in his study, he would definitely be able to attend the ceremony!

After hanging up, Qi Le’an looked at Wei Changfeng and somehow felt the urge to cry.

After hearing the whole conversation, Wei Changfeng stroked his head and said, “Shall I book the flights?”

Qi Le’an’s tears were held back before they went out. He smiled and said, “There’s still a month left… Just book the ticket! Let’s go play in Hong Kong for a few days first!”

Wei Changfeng said with a doting face, “Okay.”

Then Qi Le’an couldn’t wait to call Chen Shan to tell him this good news, but to his surprise, Chen Shan grunted and said, “Where do you think Guan Kai got the number from?”

Qi Le’an was stunned and asked, “Brother Chen, you already knew it?”

Chen Shan coughed and said, “Only a few minutes earlier than you! By the way, do you need me to book tickets for you?”

Wei Changfeng was already checking the proper flight time on the APP wit his tablet. Qi Le’an shook his head, “Thank you, but Wei Sama is on it now! Brother Chen, will you come along?”

“Of course I‘m going!’” Chen Shan said, “You are my actor! I will definitely be there!”

His words made Qi Le’an’s heart feel sweet.

Qi Le’an was always talking about going home, but it didn’t seem as if he was really going home until the moment the plane tickets were bought.

Qi Le’an himeslf didn’t know what he was excited about either. Was it the return to China that brought a greater joy, or was it more cheerful to have “Blue” shortlisted? But soon, he had to suppress his excitement and enter the world of studying.

After all, if he wanted to go back, he had to finish the courses here first!

There was still the graduation thesis! If he couldn’t hand it in on time, there would be no more early graduation for him!

After half a month of hard work, on the day Qi Le’an gave the first draft of his thesis to Professor John, Wei Changfeng’s crew completed all the shooting tasks. That night, friends from all over the world drunk together until very late. Qi Le’an drove to pick up Wei Changfeng and saw the drunk state of Wei Sama once again.

Wei Sama was drunk, but with an unusually pleasant look.

Qi Le’an couldn’t help teasing Wei Changfeng, “Wei Sama, we’re going home!”

Wei Changfeng nodded and stared at Qi Le’an with his eyes shining brightly.

Qi Le’an looked troubled and said, “But I don’t know where home is…”

Wei Changfeng suddenly leaned over and kissed Qi Le’an. This kiss was tinged with the smell of alcohol. He rubbed his head next to Qi Le’an’s ear and said, “Where Le’an is…is home…”

Qi Le’an’s heart melted again. He really didn’t know wether Wei Sama was really drunk or he was just pretending.

Knowing that Qi Le’an and Wei Changfeng were going back to China for the film festival, Professor John replied to Qi Le’an’s first draft the next day, pointing out where he needed to improve it. The good thing was that Qi Le’an’s thesis was originally guided by Wei Changfeng, so there was no big problem in it. After a week of emailing with Professor John, the old professor said that it was a paper that could be submitted to the school.

At the end of the last email, Professor John wrote, “No matter what lies ahead, may you two walk hand in hand.”

They didn’t buy the return tickets, and they completely cleaned up their little home before leaving. They gave the uneaten food to the grandmother next door, and gave the flowers on the terrace to the young couple upstairs. Putting dust covers on all the furniture, Qi Le’an lamented as they stood at the door and were ready to leave, “Wei Sama…this is the place we’ve ever lived for the longest time.”

Yes, this little house near Tisch in New York was undoubtedly the place where they had stayed for the longest time, even longer than the villa in Hai City and other places.

Wei Changfeng held Qi Le’an’s hand and said, “In the future, we can always live here when we come to New York for vacation.”

Qi Le’an smiled at Wei Changfeng.

The twelve-hour long flight was long enough for Qi Le’an to have a good rest before returning to his homeland. They took the flight of Air China, and on the plane, there was an air hostess looking at them with bright eyes.

Qi Le’an smiled and said, “Hello.”

The air hostess covered her mouth for a long time before saying, “You… are back?”

Wei Changfeng looked at her and smiled gently. “Yes, we’re back.”

They didn’t tell many people about their return to China, so they didn’t encounter an overwhelming number of fans at Hong Kong airport, only Guan Kai and the assistant director came to meet them. Guan Kai looked at the rings on Qi Le’an and Wei Changfeng’s hands and said, “Hey! Why are you guys in such a high profile? Look how low-key we are!”

Qi Le’an looked at the couple’s outfit Guan Kai and the assistant director were wearing that could reveal their relationship with a quick glance, and he was speechless for a long time.

Guan Kai booked the top floor king-size room next to Victoria Harbour for them, where one could see the whole night view of Hong Kong while standing in front of the glass. After sending the them to the room, Guan Kai said with a smile on his face, “This is the honeymoon suite! Everything inside is free!”

Qi Le’an simply wanted to cry. This was China! Was it really OK to book a honeymoon suite so blatantly?!

However, the bed of the honeymoon suite naturally had its own benefit…which was not for outsiders to understand.

The day after they arrived in Hong Kong, Chen Shan also rushed over. After another half year without seeing each other, Qi Le’an felt that his brother Chen looked …… more gangly!

He did not know if there was something wrong with Young Master Chen, as Chen Shan even shaved a crew cut for himself, which looked like that he just came out from prison…

Qi Le’an couldn’t help but look at Chen Shan’s head all the time. Chen Shan said angrily, “What are you looking at?! It was just an accident!”

“What accident?” Qi Le’an asked curiously.

Chen Shan held for a long time and was still too shame to say that someone stuck the gum in his hair angrily, so he just said, “Why are you caring about this so much!”

Qi Le’an could not help but laughed.

The Golden Film Awards was an annual event. When they were in New York, they had their suits custom-made and flown to Hong Kong with them. They didn’t need to prepare much more on the outfits, so Qi Le’an simply relaxed well with Wei Changfeng.

Although Hong Kong was next to the mainland, the two places were very different. If they could avoid places like Causeway Bay in Central, where there were many tourists, Wei Changfeng and Qi Le’an could walk freely on the city roads.

It wasn’t until the night before the Golden Film Awards started that Qi Le’an posted nine photos on Weibo. They were all images when he was playing in Hong Kong.

The first comment below said, “I just want to know who took the photo!”

Qi Le’an clicked Thumbs-up while browsing Weibo, and saw the @WeiChangfengFynn account blatantly replied at below, “I did.”

The fans screamed, and the CP fans were so excited that they almost fainted.

Qi Le’an leaned against Wei Changfeng and laughed, “Is it really okay to be so unbridled?”

Wei Changfeng didn’t say anything and leaned over to kiss Qi Le’an.

The next day, they got up early. Guan Kai invited a stylist to the hotel to do the styling for them. The stylist, who was also an insider, was so excited and said, “I made the styles for you two when you first appeared as the actors of ‘Blue’! I can talk about it for a long time!”

Qi Le’an just felt that when he was back in homeland, even the unstandard Mandarin sounded a lot more heartwarming.

The clothes for them to attend this award ceremony were prepared by Guoqing in New York. When Guoqing heard that they were attending the Golden Film Awards, he took out the latest design for next spring without hesitation. Qi Le’an’s outfit was a black suit with understated sequins, and Wei Changfeng’s was the same British gentleman-style long suit.

The clothes alone looked nondescript, but when they were wearing them, there was only one word to describe them: “fascinating”!

Qi Le’an pinned a small bow tie on his suit, while Wei Changfeng was wearing a tie. When they stood together, there was an unspoken sense of CP.

Qi Le’an didn’t know how others were thinking, but he himself liked this outfit very much.

At 5:00 p.m., they got into Guan Kai’s car and were ready to leave. They were stuck in traffic for a while, and arrived at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre Grand Theatre at 5:30.

The car was waiting in line at the gate. Qi Le’an and Wei Changfeng sat in the car while Wei Changfeng grabbed Qi Le’an’s hand to play with it.

“Are you nervous?” asked Wei Changfeng.

Qi Le’an shook his head. He was also considered to have seen the big world. He was not nervous! He was just a little perturbed.

Wei Changfeng smiled and whispered, “Go eat fishball rice noodles after the ceremony?”

The “fishball rice noodles” was the Hong Kong food that Qi Le’an had recently fallen in love with. His eyes lit up when he heard Wei Changfeng’s words, “Okay, okay! I’ll have two bowls of it!”

After saying that, he added, “But what if we win the prize? There will be a celebration.”

In his vague memory, “Blue” received a series of awards.

“Then we’ll sneak away.” Wei Changfeng blinked.

Qi Le’an also laughed, “Director Guan will be pissed off.”

The car finally started to move slowly. The driver in the front row lowered the fender and said, “We are arriving. Gentlemen, please get ready.”

Qi Le’an was already able to see the sea of people outside from the one-sided window. He smiled, “Okay, thank you.”

At 6:07, their car stopped at the door of the Grand Theatre.

On occasions like this, the order of cars was specially arranged, and the media also had lists in their hands. After they got out of the car, the outside already knew which crew the one sitting on the car belonged to.

Wei Changfeng asked Qi Le’an, “Are you ready?”

Qi Le’an took a deep breath, smiled and nodded at his Wei Sama.

Wei Changfeng pressed the handle and pushed open the door.

The heat wave and scream came together from the outside. Wei Changfeng got out of the car elegantly with a gentle smile which had never changed. The flashbulb flickered incessantly, and the cameras poured in from the exciting live media.

Wei Changfeng stood still and smiled at everyone, then he turned around to welcome his little prince.

Qi Le’an came out of the car, and the same model suits on them glistened in the light.

The screams became louder and louder, and the flashlights were dazzling. Qi Le’an was smiling as he stood by Wei Changfeng’s side.

They faced the media together and walked on the red carpet that symbolized the country’s highest honor in the movie field. Qi Le’an almost couldn’t resist holding Wei Changfeng’s hand.

But he knew it wasn’t time yet.

Wait, wait a little longer.

He would eventually walk hand in hand with Wei Changfeng under all the media lights.